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Cost, Certainty, and Risk in Intimate Exchange: A Companion Study of Conventional Dating, Licensed Nevada Brothels, and Illegal Street-Level Commercial Sex

Abstract

This companion study compares the economic structure of conventional dating, licensed Nevada brothel transactions, and illegal street-level commercial sex. It separates direct price, transportation and access costs, outcome certainty, regulation, health exposure, criminal-justice exposure, violence, theft, exploitation, and lack of recourse.

Author
Francisco M. Martinez
Publication date
August 24, 2026
Version
1.0
DOI
10.5281/zenodo.22074549
Research program
Society, Demography, and Human Systems
Version of record
Zenodo DOI record

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